Asheville Homeschool MathCounts Club

Edna Tokay created the Asheville Homeschool MathCounts Club in 2004 to offer all local homeschooled middle school students the opportunity to pursue competition mathematics in a fun group setting. Students in the MathCounts club play math and logic games, work challenging problems, and learn advanced topics and problem solving strategies.

In addition to our weekly intra-club competitions, our students participate in the American Mathematics Competition 8, the NC State Mathematics Contest, and the MathCounts regional and state-level competitions.

Meetings for the MathCounts Club are held on Thursday mornings from 11:00-12:15 at Turtle Creek. The cost for the club is $150 for the year, and you are welcome to arrange to attend a trial session before paying for the year. For more information, or to inquire about joining the club, please email drswann@gmail.com

Intensive Training Club

Our Intensive Training club is a focused, rigorous program designed to help young math students push themselves far beyond the standard math curriculum . During our weekly sessions we delve deeply into number theory, counting theory, probability, and many other topics that are crucial to success in advanced math but do not really fit in the traditional educational progression. We discuss strategies for solving longer, more complicated problems and develop sophisticated logic and proof concepts. In addition to participation in weekly meetings, students are expected to complete 2-3 hours per week of homework. Participants should have completed algebra 1. Please contact Dr. Swann if you think that your student might be a potential participant in this club.

Asheville Home School JV and Varsity Math Clubs

The High School Clubs offer a competitive experience for high school students and younger students who have finished a year of Intensive Training. We prepare for and compete in regional and national competitions, including the Wylie Math Contest at Furman University, the AMC 10/12, and the Annual NC Regional and State exams.

In addition to our competition prep, we will also discuss any and all math concepts that come up in the course of our meetings. In particular, we are likely to cover advanced equation solving, mathematical modeling, matrix algebra, and a variety of advanced concepts students would see as a college math major.